Job Description

:What youll do:The purpose of the positon is to support Eaton manufacturing plants and other Eaton locations in the EMEA region with operational procurement activities from our Center of Excellence CoE office in Pune"Operational procurement (SCM Purchase to Pay / P2P) is typically defined as the daily ordering of goods (direct and indirect) and services, the following up of orders and the contacting of suppliers in connection with such issues as deliveries and complaints on commercial topics

• Procures materials following plant and corporate regulations (QA, SCM)
• Communicates and coordinates with product line supervisors/leaders and purchasing teams to ensure schedule attainment and recovery if required
• Has direct communication with suppliers regarding material usage as per forecast, gather data for forecast
• Processes purchase requisitions and monitors orders, ensuring suppliers deliver goods on time.
• Purchase Order Management: PO creation, PO release and follow-up, based on requested demands and negotiated prices and conditions at defined suppliers in a timely manner and therefore to guarantee the on-time delivery to customers.
• Manage order confirmations from suppliers - including manual maintenance
• First interface to suppliers for all needed clarifications regarding deviating order confirmations (prices, quantities, dates)
• Regular check of overdue/non confirmed/open purchase orders and respective PO rescheduling (expedite, push out, cancel) in cooperation with relevant departments
• Executes exception messages (postponement / anticipation / cancellation of orders)
• Analyses and evaluates supplier (On Time Delivery) and company (Inventory Turns, Excess & Obsolete) performance indicators
• Maintains inventory levels of materials in accordance with the objectives set
• Purchasing data maintenance in ERP system (e.g. info-records, source list, lead times, , MOQ, MOV, single/dual sourced etc..to ensure that purchase orders to suppliers for several areas can be processed timely and in the correct way and other purchasing data (eg. unit price change, supplier lead time
• Supplier invoice management, clarification in case of deviation
• Updates database and list of qualified suppliers
• Gathers information and prepares regular and ad-hoc reports (KPI reports, material availability, open order book, unconfirmed / past due, etc.)
• Utilizes all digital tools available for SCM for maximize efficiency (Eg. Daylight, Kinaxis Rapid Response, GPS Power App, One Part and other)
• Close collaboration with commodity managers responsible for GPO (Global Procurement Office) managed categories, looking for cost out opportunities, overall supports SCM strategy (sustainability, resilience, cost)
• Significantly contributes to process improvement activities, new tool implementations, standardization projects and knowledge sharing.
• Preparation of process descriptions (work instructions)
• Daily maintenance of KPI reports and trackers and creation daily other operational reports (material availability, open order book etc)
• Close cooperation with specialist fields, Strategic Procurement/Global Purchasing, accounting department, Material Planning, Engineering, Plant SCM operations."

Qualifications:A-Level or comparable. Bachelor's degree in relevant area preferred
5+ years in SCM- Procurement and planningSkills:SAP MM advanced level, MS Office advanced level
" Fluent English language capabilities, German is a plus

• MS Office skills (Excel)
• Experience in purchasing is must.
• ERP system experience (SAP, Oracle, Vista, BaaN, )
• Ability to communicate effectively
• CI mindset
• Proactive Can Do Attitude
• Ability to work in a team
• High level of accuracy.

- Analytical Mindset.
- Hands on KPI tracking and driving for self and Team"

Eaton